Michigan-Penn State 2020 preview

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4.6 • 855 Ratings

🗓️ 27 November 2020

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, we preview a fascinating matchup between Michigan and Penn State — arguably the two most disappointing teams in the country.

We begin by looking at both team’s seasons so far, and debate which team has been the bigger letdown. We then follow our traditional preview episode format, each presenting one thing Michigan should be worried about and one thing Michigan can feel good about heading into the game.

Along the way, we discuss the Wolverines’ defense, Penn State struggles, some promising elements from Michigan’s win over Rutgers and the mental component of the contest. Then, we look at players on the spot that we’re watching a bit closer than usual, as we open up a discussion on potential personnel changes to be made in the defensive back seven and why Michigan is hesitant to play true freshmen on defense. We also further discuss Michigan’s running backs rotation and what we’re expecting from Michigan’s offense this week.

We close by looking at over-under for the matchup on both sides of the ball, and close with our hunches and final prediction for the matchup.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello, everybody. Welcome to the Wolverine 24-7 podcast, your audio source for all things, Michigan football, basketball, and recruiting.
0:05.7	I'm your host, Zach Shaw. Steve Lorenz here with me.
0:08.6	Penn State preview episodes. So whether it is the day before Thanksgiving, is Thanksgiving, the day after Thanksgiving.
0:14.8	I hope you had or have a great holiday. But Michigan football is back at it on Saturday,
0:24.0	taking on Penn State.
0:26.8	Real quick, Steve,
0:30.9	can you think of two teams who are underachieving more this year than these two teams?
0:33.8	No, I mean, no.
0:38.0	I'm running through the list in my head.
0:39.7	You can't.
0:40.8	So here's the difference.
0:42.5	The difference, though, a lot of national writers were picking Penn State as a dark horse
0:46.2	playoff team.
0:47.5	I don't think anybody was picking Michigan as a dark horse playoff team this year.
0:52.3	So, I mean, really, though,
0:55.5	hard not to label Penn State as the biggest disappointment in college football.
1:00.0	But really, though, to be totally fair to both teams, massive losses.
1:06.1	Yes.
1:07.4	Right.
1:08.4	I mean, if I'm a Penn State fan, to be you know micha parsons opts out
1:12.3	noah kane out for the season injury journey brown the birth of journey brown and pat
1:17.6	friar mooth situations really stink feel horrible for both guys uh mentioned on the board
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